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A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that regulates the production of two different proteins from the same gene.

mRNA splicing is a fundamental part of the process that occurs when encoded DNA instructions are turned into a functional protein. After a gene is transcribed from DNA to RNA, extraneous sections ...

Alternative splicing plays a pivotal role in defining cell phenotypes and physiology in multicellular eukaryotes, often distinguishing between cell types more accurately than gene expression. 1 During ...

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, in collaboration with ...

Humans began changing plants as soon as they domesticated and cultivated them instead of just gathering them. Humans began ...

How can only 25,000-30,000 protein-coding genes in humans produce the massive variety of proteins, cells, and tissues that exist in our bodies? The answer: alternative splicing. A critical finding ...

Alternative splicing is crucial for eukaryotic gene expression and influences protein function and regulation, with mis-splicing linked to numerous diseases. In this webinar, Dr. Megan L Noonan will ...

In a study published in mBio, a research team identified alternative splicing—the selective inclusion or excision of introns in a gene—as a contributor to filament formation in fever-like temperatures ...

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